Children are children, no matter where you go. It's the one thing that
makes us realize we're all cut from the same cloth. These children play
and socialize in ways we're familiar with, but the behavior of their
older siblings demonstrates that the development of social behavior
here is governed more by outside factors than by family or community
influences. When tourists, educators, and others from abroad arrive to
observe or to help, their transient presence has the unintended side
effect of teaching older children lessons that aren't in their own best
interest. For example, free money can be obtained by begging, looking
ill, or demanding it in exchange for picture taking. As children become
adults, such tactics no longer work, and they find themselves unskilled
and usually unemployed. One tourist commented, "How can giving them
money be bad? Look how desperate they are!" But, even the natives will
privately admit, "They Kids from Around the World are happy to receive anything. At least
give them pencils and paper so they can have the tools to learn to
function in life."

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Africa

Credit:

Dan Heller

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kids-bw.jpg

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Dan Heller

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Photo (c) www.danheller.com

Keywords:

black and white, kids, montage, africa

Location:

Africa

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